Maternal and Newborn Health Senior Technical Advisor

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About Ministry of Public Health

Under the overall supervision of the Reproductive Health Director of the Ministry of Public Health, the Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Senior Technical Advisor will provide support for planning, implementation, coordination and monitoring of the community/ facility based maternal and newborn care, which include facility and community maternal and new-born care, essential/ advance obstetric and newborn care and related referral system. In addition, the position will support building of partnerships among relevant stakeholders on maternal, new-born care services.

Job Summary

Support the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health, to coordinate national maternal and new-born care programme in line with national and sector strategic framework and plan.

Job Details

Date Posted:

10 Jun 2018

Reference:

Maternal/New/Senir/Tech/Ad

Closing Date:

23 Jun 2018

Work Type:

Full Time

Number of Vacancies:

1

Gender:

Any

Functional Area:

Health/Medical

Open Ended:

NO

Nationality:

Afghan

Salary Range:

As per NTA Salary Scale Policy

Contract Type:

Consultant

Years of Experience:

5 Year(s)

Contract Duration:

0 Year(s) & 0 Month(s)

Extension Possibility:

No

Probation Period:

3 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

Planning and Coordination Functions

1. Support the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health, to coordinate national maternal and new-born care programme in line with national and sector strategic framework and plan.
2. Facilitate development of national MNH annual and quarterly work-plans and budgets with close collaboration of relevant stakeholders
3. Facilitate review process and compilation of national MNH quarterly and annual progress reports on maternal, new-born health; and other technical reports; effectively manage the utilization of funds on maternal and new-born care programme as planned.
4. Facilitate resources mobilization on maternal, new-born health.
5. Facilitate MNH communication strategy with close coordination of Health Promotion Directorate
6. Ensure good collaboration with MoPH, development partners and related stakeholders at national, sub-regional, regional and provincial level on areas related to maternal, new-born health.
7. Support Ministry of Public Health, BPHS/EPHS to assess needs, challenges and capacities of maternal, new-born health.
8. Support Ministry of Public Health to coordinate maternal and new-born care programme activities by establishing, implementing and strengthening:

• Facilitate policy dialog to address maternal and new-born care programme gaps in line with national and sector strategic frame work and plan.
• Lead and provide on-going technical direction to development of national guidelines, protocols, training packages and IEC/BCC materials related to maternal, new-born health,
• Facilitate the maximum utilization of the key partners comparative advantage in implementing maternal, new-born health programs.
• Facilitate the implementation of maternal and new-born care in Provinces,
• Monitoring visits to provinces as assigned by the RMNCAH Directorate, scale up and provision of maternal and new-born care services through outreach, mobile and routine care systems with special focus to unserved and underserved areas.
• Work with Provincial Health Directorates in identifying training needs and facilitate the related training.
• Special focus on strengthen the MNH services at EPHS/BPHS health facilities in deprived provinces and to maintain high performance/standards.
• Support programme for community mobilization, such as; use of Zaranj Mini Ambulances, Community Emergency Transport Fund, Demand Side Financing any other innovative MNH projects, to mobilize for increased enrolment and advocate for provision of maternal, new-born health services.
• Facilitate capacity building of MoPH on maternal, new-born health programmes.

Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Functions

• Regularly monitor the implementation of maternal, new-born health programmes and activities including improvement in quality of services & attainment of planned results.
• Documentation & sharing of best practices, programme innovations, etc.
• Coordinate with relevant departments (HIS, HMIS, M&E and surveillance unit) of MoPH for regular updating and follow-ups of maternal and new-born indicators (new-born health score card) and progress of programmes.
• Identify and support the conduct of research on maternal, new-born health related assessments, mappings, etc.

Functional competencies:
• Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented agenda
• Results-based programme development and management
• Innovation and marketing of new approaches
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/Building strategic alliances and partners
• Resource mobilization

• Academic Requirements: Ob/GYN Specialist and Masters of Public Health
• Experience of MNH curative and preventive health
• Experience: At least 5 years professional experience, preferably in maternal, new-born health management, in the public or private sector.
• Languages: Fluency in oral and written Dari and Pashto and English language
• Computer skills: Proficiency in current office software applications.
• Ability of frequently travel to the provinces, corridor

Job Location

Afghanistan - Kabul: PROVINCIAL CENTER (KABUL)

Education:

Masters Degree, Health/Medical

Submission Guideline

Submission Guideline
Submission Guide line: (I) Electronic applications will be sent to: sub e-mail which corresponds if any of following 2 items is missing, your application will be considered as ineligible/incomplete.

1. In your emails please specify the title of the position as well as vacancy number for electronic submissions and please do the same in the hardcopy submissions.
2. Updated Curriculum vitae (CV)/Resume (Please attached your recent photo and mention in your CV exact date/periods of your work experience, graduation Day, Month, and Year).

If you are shortlisted and invited for written test/interview you will be required to present the original, the following:

(II)
• Electronic applications will be sent to: sub e-mail
• Hard copies will be sent to: HR Container, Second floor, at the Ministry of Public Health, Great Masoud Square Kabul Afghanistan.
• The Contact Person at Human Resources is: Mr. Mojib Rahimi, HR Officer, MoPH-GD HR. Phone number: 0093- (0)-700991056
•
Note:
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to written test/interview and subsequent process. Please contact the person in charge (Mr. Mojib Rahimi ) for confirmation.
• No CVs will be accepted after the closing date.
• Any persuade will be threat as disqualification.
• Candidate who applies for the same position in last six months and was unsuccessful (Obtained less than 60% marks), will not be short listed.
• Fraudulent documents and or fraudulent claims in CVs and or documents will result in disqualification at any stage of the recruitment process.
The test and interview will be taken from the following references.
1. رهنمود مراقبت های مادر و نوزاد
2. امتحان عملی کامپیوتر (Ms. Office)
3. استراتیژی صحت باوری، مادر، نوزاد، طفل و نوجوانان 2017-2021
4. Disease control priorities, 3rd, chapter 2(Reproductive Materna,Newborn and child Health)
Submission Email

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